{"id":5697,"date":"2017-08-15T10:20:51","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T14:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=5697"},"modified":"2017-08-16T15:30:52","modified_gmt":"2017-08-16T19:30:52","slug":"amo-wants-1-sales-tax-increase-solely-fund-local-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/15\/amo-wants-1-sales-tax-increase-solely-fund-local-infrastructure\/","title":{"rendered":"AMO Wants 1% sales tax increase &#8211; Solely Fund Local Infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Association of Municipalities of <span class=\"xn-location\">Ontario&#8217;s\u00a0<\/span>Annual Conference kicked off in <span class=\"xn-location\">Ottawa<\/span> today with President <span class=\"xn-person\">Lynn Dollin\u00a0<\/span>calling for a 1% sales tax devoted solely to local infrastructure services such as roads, bridges and transit.<\/p>\n<p>Municipal governments are working around the clock to provide critical services, like good roads, clean drinking water and safe communities, but growing needs and costs are putting too much pressure on property taxes. AMO estimates that municipal governments face an annual shortfall of about <span class=\"xn-money\">$4.9 billion dollars<\/span> for the next 10 years to maintain current services and address the infrastructure gap. More information is available at www.thelocalshare.ca.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve done our homework, and it&#8217;s clear that property taxes can&#8217;t keep up with growing local needs,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Lynn Dollin<\/span>, President of the Association of Municipalities of <span class=\"xn-location\">Ontario<\/span>. &#8220;Municipalities have been funded the same way for decades. Obviously, times have changed and if we want to build communities for the future, municipal governments need a greater local share of tax dollars.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Conference is <span class=\"xn-location\">Ontario&#8217;s<\/span> top educational forum for municipal governments, attracting more than 1,900 participants and injecting almost <span class=\"xn-money\">$3 million<\/span> into the local <span class=\"xn-location\">Ottawa<\/span> economy. This year&#8217;s program features more than 60 plenary sessions, reflecting the broad scope of municipal responsibilities. Key topics include infrastructure and transit, the digital and sharing economy and marijuana legalization.<\/p>\n<p>Conference highlights for today,\u00a0<span class=\"xn-chron\">Tuesday, August 15<\/span> will include:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><span class=\"xn-chron\">1:30 p.m.<\/span> \u2013 The Honourable Kathleen Wynne, Premier of <span class=\"xn-location\">Ontario<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-chron\">2:00 p.m.<\/span> \u2013 Goodbye OMB \u2013 Plenary session on the Ontario Municipal Board<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-chron\">2:45 p.m.<\/span> \u2013 <span class=\"xn-person\">Andrea Horwath<\/span>, Leader of the Ontario NDP<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-chron\">3:35 p.m.<\/span> \u2013 <span class=\"xn-person\">Patrick Brown<\/span>, Leader of the Ontario PC Party<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Association of Municipalities of Ontario&#8217;s\u00a0Annual Conference kicked off in Ottawa today with President Lynn Dollin\u00a0calling for a 1% sales tax devoted solely to local infrastructure services such as roads, bridges and transit. Municipal governments are working around the clock to provide critical services, like good roads, clean drinking water and safe communities, but growing &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[744],"class_list":["post-5697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-provincial","tag-amo"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-22 07:52:06","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5697"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5698,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5697\/revisions\/5698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}